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Current and former Microsoft employees were among those arrested. Microsoft has said it is reviewing a report that Israel has used its platform to facilitate attacks on Palestinian targets.

The territory, which is ineligible for bankruptcy, filed to begin a similar procedure tailor-made for its more than $70 billion debt crisis, which is likely to dwarf Detroit's 2013 Chapter 9 filing.

In the Montreal music scene, the pop-rock band Malajube has made a name for itself in part by sticking to its roots. Spurning English, the five French-Canadian friends belt out upbeat tunes in their native tongue, but have won over fans in the U.S. in spite of the language barrier.

France has opened a new museum honoring one of the most multi-talented, controversial and too-often-forgotten artists of the last century: Jean Cocteau. He was a poet, playwright, sculptor, painter and filmmaker. Frank Browning reports that it's all on view on the Cote d'Azur.

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Hong Kong-based writer Lavender Au about the enduring family-like relationships that have emerged among young pro-democracy demonstrators.

Violence has exploded in Port-au-Prince since Sunday when the Haiti's interim prime minister was fired amid political infighting.

Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that ongoing violence in the capital of Haiti has forced it to permanently close its Port-au-Prince emergency care center, a city now 90% controlled by gangs.

We get the latest on Haiti's escalating violence days after gangs attacked an orphanage near Port Au Prince on Sunday, kidnapping seven staff members and a 3-year-old child.

Jacmel, 20 miles south of Port-au-Prince, was once the jewel on Haiti's southern coast. Now, the city, known for its colorful French colonial architecture and quiet beaches, is in ruins. Emergency help arrived in Jacmel last Friday, three days after the deadly quake.